1 Kings 15:3

3 And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.

1 Kings 15:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 15:3

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done
before him
Having such bad examples as both parents to copy after; it chiefly respects idolatrous practices, see ( 1 Kings 14:23 ) ,

and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God;
he did profess the true God, and worshipped him, but not wholly, and only, and sincerely; he worshipped other gods besides him: and so his heart was not

as the heart of David his father;
who was a sole and sincere worshipper of God, never departed from him and his service.

1 Kings 15:3 In-Context

1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,

2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

3 And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.

4 Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.

5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.